What You'll Do

We’re looking for a Data Analyst to join our Decision Analytics team. In this role, you’ll look to deliver actionable insights for our distribution teams with data. Whether through data aggregation, report development or statistical analysis, our team strives to find new ways to solve the problems our partners face. Sales teams work fast, and we look to meet them where they are by finding new and creative ways to make their job easier using data.

 

You'll be responsible for conducting general analytics and statistical modeling on data sets across different business areas. This includes data aggregation, insight development, data analysis, and communicating findings. Identifying patterns and trends in the data to address business questions and support improved decision-making.  Demonstrated skills in these areas:

• Data Preparation: Incorporates standard processes in data preparation, UX, and data analytics to deliver highly informative and actionable insights to our business partners. Partner with data engineers to define & build data pipelines.
• Modeling Skills: Performs statistical modeling on existing data sets. Develop analytic models that support business initiatives. Effectively apply advanced tools/technologies to mine data sources and deliver relevant information in an easily understandable format. Familiar with common statistical methods and applications (A/B testing, probability, regression)
• Examines and identifies data patterns and trends to help answer business questions, provide insights, and improve data-driven decision making.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Collaborating with our business partners to use the data available to investigate issues facing the business, without always having a well-defined hypothesis. Understanding of the issues related to the decision-making process; ability to analyze situations fully and accurately and reach productive decisions.
• Visualization Skills: Capable of clearly communicating findings to assist collaborators in addressing key queries. Create compelling written, numerical and visual summaries.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

 

As Principal continues to modernize its systems, this role will offer you an exciting opportunity to build solutions that will directly impact our long-term strategy and tech stack, all while ensuring that our products are robust, scalable, and secure!

 

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in a Business or Technical field or equivalent experience, plus 3+ years of related analytics, consulting, project management preferred
• Business intelligence applications and/or cloud services (e.g., Alteryx, Domo, Looker, PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau, SiSense).
• No/Low code ETL and Orchestration platforms such as AWS Glue DataBrew or SAS.
• Data querying, transformation, and processing languages such as SQL, Python, Power BI DAX/M Query, or SAS.
• Operational, enterprise, and analytical relational/non-relational data stores such as PaaS cloud technologies, SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and surrounding ecosystems (AWS, Azure).

Skills That Will Help You Stand Out

• Demonstrable ability to collaborate with colleagues to brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and drive projects to completion.
• Effectively communicate complex ideas and information to both technical and non-technical partners
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities, business needs, and new technologies to meet evolving demands.
• Actively seek out and stay informed about emerging technologies and industry trends, demonstrating a strong willingness to learn and adapt.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$90000 - $134000 / year

Time Off Program

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

No

 

Work Environment

 

This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Raleigh, NC, or Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

 

 

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

 

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) 

Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants

 

Investment Code of Ethics

 

For Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.

 

Experience Principal

 

At Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level. Together, we’re imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you. Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees. And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being. Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.

 

Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Posting Window

We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.

Original Posting Date

1/28/2026

Most Recently Posted Date

1/28/2026

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